YOU CAN SEE THE GATHERING THERE, IT IS A PRETTY GOOD-SIZED GROUP. WE WILL KEEP AN EYE ON THE PROTEST SHOULD ANYTHING CHANGE. AS PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DEBATE THE VERDICT SOME WONDER IF THIS CASE WOULD HAVE TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY IF IT HAPPENED HERE. DAVID BIENICK HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO JUST THAT. DIFFERENT STAGE, BUT ONE EXPERT SAID THE CHANCES OF WALKING FREE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE SAME. HE IS NOT GUILTY OF ANYTHING. EVER SINCE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WENT ON TRIAL FOR THE KILLING OF TRAYVON MARTIN, MUCH OF THE ATTENTION HAS BEEN FOCUSED ON THE STAND YOUR GROUND LAW IN FLORIDA. IT SPELLS OUT THE RIGHT TO A HOMICIDE DEFENDANT WHO CLAIM SELF-DEFENSE. CALIFORNIA'S LEGISLATURE HAS NEVER PASSED A STAND YOUR GROUND LAW. THE SAME PRINCIPLE HAS NONETHELESS BEEN ON THE BOOKS IN CALIFORNIA, BUT THERE DECADES AGO. AND SELF-DEFENSE CASES, YOU EUROS ARE REQUIRED TO BE READ INSTRUCTION 3470 THAT SAYS NOT ONLY CAN A PERSON DEFEND HIMSELF BUT ALSO PURSUE AN ASSAILANT EVEN IF SAFETY COULD HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED I RETREATING. SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE THAT YOU HAVE THAT RIGHT, WHEN THEY ARE CODIFIED SELF-DEFENSE, THAT INTERPRETATION BECAME A PART OF THE LAW. ONE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW CALIFORNIA HANDLES SELF- DEFENSE IS PROCEDURAL. FLORIDA ALLOWS A JUDGE TO DECIDE WHETHER SELF-DEFENSE WAS JUSTIFIED. CALIFORNIA REQUIRES A TRIAL AND THE JURY TO MAKE THAT DECISION. ALTHOUGH THE NATION WAS WATCHING, THERE ARE CASES OF SELF-DEFENSE ABOUT EVERY DAY. THIS IS A FAIRLY TYPICAL DEFENSE. TWO MONTHS AFTER THE REVEREND KAY STARTED A SIMILAR CASE HAPPENED IN SACRAMENTO. -- TWO MONTHS AFTER THE ZIMMERMAN CASE STARTED, A SIMILAR CASE HAPPENED IN SACRAMENTO. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT IN SOME CASES WITH SELF-DEFENSE FOR THE PROSECUTION TO SUCCEED OR TO ACTUALLY KNOW WHETHER IT WAS SELF-DEFENSE. MORE THAN HALF OF THE STATES DO HAVE A RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE VIEW OF SELF-DEFENSE COMPARED TO PLACES LIKE ENGLAND WHERE SELF-DEFENSE IS HARD TO CLAIM AND RELATIVELY RARE. LET'S TALK ABOUT -- THE CRIMINAL CASE IS OVER BUT THIS WHOLE THING MAY NOT BE OVER. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT COULD DECIDE TO FILE FEDERAL CHARGES IF THEY FEEL THE VICTIMS CIVIL RIGHTS HAD BEEN VIOLATED OR THE FAMILY COULD PURSUE A WRONGFUL DEATH CIVIL CASE. THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE HEARD BEFORE.

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